July 17, 2012, Vancouver,
Canada; El Nino Ventures Inc. ("ELN" and
the "Company") (TSX.V: ELN; OTCQX:ELNOF
Frankfurt: E7Q) is pleased to announce
assay results for results for the latest
round of drilling from the 18,467 metre
drill program at the Murray Brook
deposit, in the Bathurst Mining Camp of
New Brunswick, Canada (Figure 1). The
drill program commenced on February 9,
2012 and was completed on June 17, 2012,
97 vertical holes have been completed
for a total of 18,470 metres drilled
(Figure 2).

Three holes were drilled to provide
sample materials for metallurgical tests
on the Murray Brook deposit.
Metallurgical tests are in progress in
advance of a Preliminary Economic
Assessment (PEA or Scoping Study) study
in Q1 2013.

2012-2013 Exploration Program

A minimum $3 million budget has
been proposed for the 2012-2013
exploration program. The budget includes
$2.5 million for diamond drilling work
on the Murray Brook deposit and a
$500,000 exploration geophysical program
on the Murray Brook property and the
adjacent Camel Back property (Figure 2).
The objective of this exploration
program is to explore for VMS deposits
at depths of up to 200 metres below
surface. The Camel Back property is
located in the area between the Murray
Brook deposit to the west, which is one
of the largest massive sulfide deposit
in the Bathurst Mining Camp (BMC), and
the Caribou deposit to the east.

The 2012 Program consists of

$2.5 million budgeted for drill
programs for measured resources

18,470 metre drill program
began February 2012

Delineate the outer
perimeter of the Murray Brook
deposit and advance the
resources into the measured
(highest confidence) category

$0.5 million budgeted for
exploration of the Camel Back
Property

Mapping and prospecting

Ground gravity geophysics

2000 metres of drilling with
bore-hole EM surveys

Metallurgical studies

The Exploration Agreement

Votorantim is the Operator of the Murray
Brook Project. In January 2011, ELN
announced that it provided notice to
Votorantim to enter into a Participation
Agreement on the Murray Brook
polymetallic massive sulfide deposit
situated in the Bathurst Mining Camp in
New Brunswick, Canada.

Under Votorantimʹs Option and Joint
Venture Agreement with Murray Brook
Minerals Inc. and Murray Brook Resources
Inc., both privately held companies,
Votorantim can earn a 50% interest in
the properties by funding $2,250,000 in
exploration expenditures and making
payments totalling $300,000 over a three
year period that commenced November 1,
2010. Votorantim can earn an additional
20% interest in the properties by
funding an additional $2,250,000 in
exploration expenditures over an
additional two year period. ELN has
elected to enter into a participation
agreement wherein it can earn 50% of
Votorantim's interest by paying 50% of
the costs incurred by Votorantim in the
Option and Joint Venture Agreement.

On May 10, 2012 ELN announced that
Murray Brook Minerals Inc.(MBM) has been
given formal notice by ELN and
Votorantim Metals Canada ("Votorantim")
of a 50% earned interest in the
Murray Brook, Polymetalic project,
Bathurst, New Brunswick. MBM has also
been provided with a valid notice that
ELN and Votorantim are exercising their
option to acquire and become owner of an
additional 20% (for a total of 70%)
beneficial interest in the Murray Brook
mining claims.

Qualified Persons Statement

This news release has been reviewed and
approved for technical content by Ali
Hassanalizadeh M.Sc. P.Geo a qualified
Person under the provisions of National
Instrument 43-101.

Figure 1- Land tenure map showing the
location of the Murray Brook Project in
the northwest part of the Bathurst
Mining Camp, New Brunswick.

*The composite assays provided are of
massive sulfide intersections only
employing a 0% Zn cutoff
**The widths of the intersections are
approximate to the true width of the
mineralized zone.

About El Niņo Ventures Inc.
Bathurst Projects

Bathurst Mining Camp Project:
(Tri-Party Agreement)

Consists of an initial 4,712
claims in the Tri-Party Agreement
with Xstrata & Votorantim whereby
Votorantim may incur exploration
expenditures of $10 million over a
period of 5 years to earn a 50%
interest. Votorantim may further
increase its interest to 70% by
spending an additional $10 million
over 2 years.

Murray Brook Project:

The Murray Brook Project is
historically the 5th largest massive
sulfide deposit in the Bathurst
Mining Camp and has excellent
infrastructure. Votorantim can
earn up to a 50% interest in the
Murray Brook Project by funding
$2,250,000 of exploration
expenditures over a period of 3
years. Votorantim may acquire a
further 20% by incurring an
additional $2.5 million in
exploration costs over an additional
two year period. ELN has elected to
participate by paying 50% of
Votorantim's exploration costs
during the earn-in period.

In 2011, ELN and Votorantim spent
$2.1 million on exploration; and
completed 10,000 metres of drilling.
Drill results to date have been
encouraging.

The first NI 43-101 Mineral Resource
Estimate for the Murray Brook Zn-Cu-Pb-Ag-Au
deposit, which includes explanatory
footnotes, is presented in the table
below (see ELN press release dated
February 28, 2012). The resource
estimate is based on various assumptions
regarding mining methods, processing and
metal recoveries, payable metal NSR
credits and metal prices. This estimate
makes no provision for capital costs to
mine the deposit, nor mill the material
mined, as resources are not reserves.

Murray
Brook Mineral Resource Estimate Summary

Mineral resources which are
not mineral reserves do not have
demonstrated economic viability. The estimate of mineral
resources may be materially affected by
environmental, permitting, legal, title,
taxation, socio-political, marketing, or
other relevant issues.

The quantity and grade of
reported Inferred resources in this
estimation are uncertain in nature
and there has been insufficient
exploration to define these Inferred
resources as an Indicated or
Measured mineral resource and it is
uncertain if further exploration
will result in upgrading them to an
Indicated or Measured mineral
resource category.

The mineral resources in
this news release were estimated
using the Canadian Institute of
Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum (CIM),
CIM Standards on Mineral Resources
and Reserves, Definitions and
Guidelines prepared by the CIM
Standard Committee on Reserve
Definitions and adopted by CIM
Council

The Dec 31, 2011 two year
trailing average US metal prices
used in this estimate were $3.71/lb
Cu, $1.03/lb Pb, $0.98/lb Zn,
$1,397/oz Au, $27.63/oz Ag. The
C$/US$ Exchange rate was 0.99.

The Technical Report on the 2012 NI
43-101 Mineral Resource Estimate is
filed on SEDAR.com and is available on
ELN's website

Votorantim Metals Canada Inc.
Statement:

Technical details in this news release
were provided by Votorantim whose
professional geologists conduct
operations consistent with mineral
industry best practices. Votorantim
accepts no responsibility for this news
release or any inferences made from the
technical details provided herein.

About Murray Brook Minerals Inc.

Murray Brook Minerals Inc. is a
privately owned mining exploration
company, owner of one of the largest
deposit of the Bathurst Mining Camp,
(New Brunswick, Canada) the Murray Brook
Deposit, as well as of the Camel Back
Property consisting of 215 claims.

About Votorantim Metals Canada Inc.

Votorantim Metals Canada Inc. is a
subsidiary of Votorantim Metais; a
company that is part of the Votorantim
Group that was founded in Brazil in 1918
operates in twenty countries and has
over forty thousand employees.
Votorantim Metais is the largest
electrolytic‐nickel producer in Latin
America and one of the world's leaders
in the production of zinc, aluminum and
nickel.

About El Nino Ventures Inc.

El Niņo Ventures Inc. is an
international exploration company,
focused on exploring for lead, zinc,
copper, gold and silver in New
Brunswick, Canada and copper in the
Democratic Republic of Congo ("DRC").

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